Lymphatic filariasis (LF) in the Americas: progress on preventive chemotherapy, 2013

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1 Lymphatic filariasis (LF) in the Americas: progress Four countries with people at risk of infection (, Dominican Republic, Guyana and Haiti); 12 million people requiring preventive 7.1 million people treated in and Haiti in 2013 (99% in Haiti) LF is targeted for :, Dominican Republic and Haiti could initiate post in 2018; and Guyana in Costa Rica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago were removed from the list of endemic countries in 2011 Progress towards the of lymphatic filariasis in the Americas, Dominica Republic Haiti Guyana and TAS 1 and TAS 1 and TAS 1 and TAS 1 Date to reach the goal in the Region (PAHO's Resolution CD49.R19, 2009) Date to reach the goal at global level (WHA's Resolution 65.21, 2012) : Mass Drug Administration; TAS: Transmission Assesment Survey Post (TAS 2 and 3) Post (TAS 2 and 3) Post (TAS 2 and 3) of LF by PAHO/WHO Post (TAS 2 and 3)

2 Onchocerciasis in the Americas: progress Two countries with people at risk of infection ( and Venezuela); 22,046 people requiring preventive In 2013, 9,674 people treated in, and 9,523 in the south focus of Venezuela these two foci are the last ones in the Americas (Yanomami population) Onchocerciasis is targeted for : Colombia and Ecuador received verification of the by WHO; Mexico and Guatemala could be verified in 2015 and 2016 Progress towards the of onchocerciasis in the Americas, Colombia Post Ecuador Mexico Guatemala Venezuela Date to reach the goal in the Region (PAHO's Resolution CD48.R18, 2008) : Mass Drug Administration Post Post Post Tackling Yanomami Area (Last focus in the Region)

3 Schistosomiasis in the Americas: progress Two countries with people at risk of infection ( and Venezuela); 1.6 million requiring preventive treated 27,178 people and Venezuela 282 cases in 2012 Schistosomiasis is targeted for : Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic, Guadalupe, Martinique, Montserrat, and Puerto Rico may have eliminated transmission; Suriname and Saint Lucia might be close to eliminating transmission Progress towards the of schistosomiasis in the Americas, Venezuela Suriname Saint Lucia Guadalupe Martinique Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Antigua and Barbuda Monserrat Interruption of transmission Improve morbidity control Post- and/or compile evidence for verification Post- and/or compile evidence for verification Interruption of transmission

4 Blinding trachoma in the Americas: progress Four countries with people at risk of infection (, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico); 11 million people requiring preventive 178,266 people treated in 2013; Colombia and implementing preventive ; Guatemala will evaluate impact in 2015 Blinding trachoma is targeted for : Mexico might be close to Progress towards the of blinding trachoma in the Americas, Targeted preventive STOP Colomba STOP Guatemala STOP Mexico STOP Date to reach the goal in the Region (PAHO's Resolution CD49.R19, 2009) Date to reach the goal at global level (WHA's Resolution 51.11, 1998) : Mass Drug Administration The phases showed in this table are based on the Technical consultation on trachoma - Report published by WHO and available at:

5 Soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) in the Americas: progress on preventive, countries with 46 million children 1 to 14 years of age requiring preventive 6.1/13.1 (46.5%) million pre-school age children treated in 8 countries in /33.3 (67.3%) million school age children treated in 12 countries in 2013 STH is targeted for control. Preventive is the primary strategy in which the goal is to reach at least 75% of children at risk